"He was the first guy out of the chute and that started the 2016 campaign and it signaled very strongly the direction that Cruz was going to go in. He was going to focus like a laser on evangelical Christian conservatives and might have worked out for him if some guy named Donald Trump hadn't jumped in."

"Trump had been pulling out much bigger crowds. There was a lot more hoopla and excitement about him. People just thought he would just sweep through. But Trump made a mistake. He made a tactical error at the last minute and he bailed out on the debate in Des Moines. People sort of took that as a diss. I think that cost Trump and it helped Cruz."

"Everybody's still waiting for the magic word, the e-word: endorsement. And it's not coming. And then, out of his mouth comes some phrase about 'voting your conscience,' which sounds innocent enough on its face, but that had also been the rallying cry for the 'Never Trump' people leading up to the convention, so everybody knew what that meant right away.... When Cruz walked off the stage, he was literally being booed off the stage."

"I don't know if it's so much a moment, as just the whole theme – if there's one theme that runs through Donald Trump's entire campaign it was this proposition about building this wall and making the Mexicans pay for it somehow."

Throughout North Texas, there are very few competitive state legislative races, and they all happen to be in Dallas County. Democrats in the county are hoping that changing demographics, higher turnout and Donald Trump might be the right combination to help them take a handful of Republican-held seats.

Election Day is almost here. If you weren’t one of the millions of Texans who voted early (more than 4 million voted in the state's 15 largest counties), Tuesday is your last opportunity to participate.

To make the experience as smooth as possible, we’ve answered the questions you might have before you cast your ballot.